What is the future of the Internet?

The Internet is just a few decades old, but in that short

span of time it has experienced significant changes. It
grew out of a hodgepodge of independent networks
into a global entity. It serves as a platform for
business, communication, entertainment and
education. And you can connect to this enormous
network through dozens of different devices.
hat!s next" hen you can call up minute trivia about
the most obscure subject you can think of with a
couple of taps on a smartphone screen, where else
can you go" The answer isn!t entirely clear, but the
possibilities are exciting.
#ne thing that seems certain is that data transmission
speeds will increase globally. According to Akamai
Technologies, which publishes a $uarterly state of the Internet report, the average
global data transmission speed in late %&&' was (.) megabits per second
*source+ Akamai,. -ompare that to the record for data transmission speed set by .ell
/abs+ (&& petabits per second *source+ 0hys#rg,. That!s e$uivalent to (&& billion
megabits per second. At that speed, you could transmit 1&& 232s worth of data every
second.
That!s an enormous gap between what!s currently possible and what!s commercially
available. .ut as time passes, the costs of producing ultra4high4speed networks will
decrease. 5ventually, the average consumer will be able to download a high4definition
movie in a second or play cloud4based video games without a hint of lag.
5ven as wired connections reach unprecedented speeds, wireless technology
continues to evolve. Technologies like /T5 and i6A7 give us the ability to access the
Internet wirelessly at speeds comparable to broadband connections. It also opens the
doors for portable devices like smartphones, laptops and tablets to plug into the
Internet without the need for wires.
e believe that the Internet will be faster and more pervasive. hat else might the
future hold"
Source: http://www.internetsociety.org/
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